The History of Valentine's Day

Love has many different meanings in every single496. In a later assumption, this could be just an
language but there is a universal traditional dayattempt to supersede pagan holidays like
when people express their inner feelings for eachLupercalia celebrated in Rome until then. Apart
other, either love or friendship. Valentine's Dayfrom this historical setting, the rest is just
was coined as the exchange day for those withlegends.Throughout time, the gift of blooming wild
these naturally feelings for others, throughout allflowers was a common practice to demonstrate
cultures.The origins of Valentine's day are tracedromantic love or affection between partners on
back to the Medieval era associated with theValentine's Day. Daisy flowers became a sort of
Catholic Church feast day, but love and fertility"yes-no" love divination. Today, daisies have their
nexus with this particular date falling on Februaryown meaning of innocence and loyal love,
14 comes from the ancient times of Greece,associated with the fifth wedding
when the Athens calendar included a periodanniversary.During the 19th century, roses took
between mid January and mid February called thetheir place having different meanings according to
Gamelion, a month dedicated to the sacredtheir color or numbers of flowers given on
marriage of Zeus and Hera, hence associated withValentine's Day. It was during the Victorian
love and fertility.Lupercalia, the festival ofcentury when relics exhumed from the Roman
Lupercus, the God of Fertility, was the equivalentcatacombs of Saint Hippolytus were identified with
in the Roman Empire and taking place on FebruarySaint Valentine.In 1836, the relics were donated
15, time of purification rituals. Lupercus wasby Pope Gregory XVI to the Whitefriar Street
represented as a half-naked man dressed inCarmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland, but once again,
goatskins. His priests sacrificed goats to the godthe obscure origins of Valentines (or Valentinus)
on this day and after drinking wine, they ranand his relics are alleged to lie at the reliquary of
through the Roman streets holding pieces of goatRoquemaure in France and in Sankt Stephans
and touching anyone in their run including womenKirche in Vienna.Instead of an uncertain Saint
in the belief to receive an easy childbirth.There isimage, the 19th century associated the figure of
no written reference about how Saint Valentinethe winged Cupid to Saint Valentine's Day, along
became the romantic love protector, in fact thewith and heart-shaped outline cards and paper
Catholic martyrologies mention three differentcuts to be sent with flowers on this day, tradition
Saint Valentines under the date of February 14; aremains today when a wide array of flowers can
priest in Rome, a bishop of Interamna, and abe chosen online and delivered anywhere just by
martyr in the Roman province of Africa, makingplacing your order via the internet.Natalie Aranda is
even more obscure the origins of thisa freelance writer. She writes about family, love
celebration.However, in the 5th century the feastand relationship. She enjoyed the experience of
of Saint Valentine was officially decreed to be onflorists in Surrey, UK for flower delivery in
February 14 by Pope Gelasius I during the yearNorthampton, UK.